Obituaries

BATH — Mark Paul Pelletier, 52, died June 18 after a 12-year battle with graft-versus-host disease at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was born Feb. 19, 1963, in Fort Kent to Raynold and Rolande Pelletier. He graduated from Fort Kent Community High School in 19...

SOUTH PORTLAND — Martha A. “Marcie” Hill, 55, formerly of South Portland, died June 11 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Portland on March 6, 1960, she was the daughter of Arthur and Martha (Norton) Mills. She graduat...

SCARBOROUGH — Maggie Rosalee Bragdon, 74, of Scarborough, died June 15 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born Jan. 12, 1941, in Milbridge, one of 22 children of William and Angelia (Sprague) Moore. Bragdon enjoyed many games of chance, including bingo, and like...

FALMOUTH — Rudolph Pistey, 96, died June 10. He was born Dec. 21, 1918. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Falmouth. Pistey was a veteran of World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Nellena. Memorial donations in Pistey's name can be made to the H...

YARMOUTH — Eileen "Pee-Wee" Mae Bennett, 82, died peacefully at Hawthorne House in Freeport on June 13, after a period of declining health. Bennett was born in Portland on Dec. 6, 1932, a daughter of Dorothy (Duggan) and Thomas Wallace. Eileen graduated from South Portland High ...

PORTLAND — Juliette (Laflamme) Garfield, 92, died peacefully June 18 at The Cedars Retirement Community. She was born in Biddeford on July 15, 1922, to Albert Laflamme and Isabelle (Parent) Laflamme, and grew up in Dover, New Hampshire. While attending McIntosh Business School i...

PORTLAND — Monica Mary (Ezzy) Merrill, 76, died June 11 at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by her family. Merrill was born March 4, 1939, in Van Buren, the daughter of Maron Ezzy and Luella (Sites) Athanasion. Merrill was known for her love of cooking, especially Lebanese dinn...

TOPSHAM — Irene Eleanor Chapman, 87, of Topsham, died peacefully June 8, with her son Michael by her side. Chapman was born in Bath on March 14, 1928, the daughter of Alden P. and Irene (Miller) Denham. She grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School in 1945. For...

BATH — Ronald "Spanky" A. MacElman Sr., 73, of Office Drive, died June 5 at his residence. He was born Nov. 20, 1941, in Bath, a son of Harold and Elizabeth (MacDonald) MacElman. He attended Bath schools and was employed at Bath Iron Works as a grinder. In 1962, he moved ...

SCARBOROUGH — Joan Elizabeth Kirshen Pelletier, 80, died unexpectedly June 13 at Maine Medical Center, with her family at her side. She was born June 17, 1934, in Portland, the only child of Himy Benjamin and Verona (Bishop) Kirshen. Pelletier grew up in Orono, where her ...